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Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry

Russell Smith was appointed by the UK Government's Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry to be among the counsel. In 2010, the Inquiry, led by three prominent jurists, concluded that in 1972, British Army paratroopers unjustifiably fired on a civil rights march in Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland, killing 14 unarmed protesters. The Inquiry's conclusion regarding this unprovoked massacre led to a public apology by British Prime Minister David Cameron.